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Force Majeure

Paul McBride’s Red Mountain site, farmed by Dick Boushey, now has 18 acres under vine. But McBride recently purchased another vineyard just north of the Steve Robertson’s SJR site, half in The Rocks and all in Oregon. McBride is in the process of building a new winery there. Winemaker Todd Alexander, who took over here in 2014 (he had previously served as winemaker for Bryant Family Estate in Napa Valley), told me that the estate’s 2015s, from what he called “a very warm vintage,” are bigger wines than the ‘16s, but that the latter wines are fresher and more energetic thanks to higher acidity and better balance. There was not a big difference between the two years in terms of vine yields. Incidentally, Force Majeure recently purchased another hundred acres of land in the North Fork, at an elevation ranging from 1,800 to 2,100 feet and close to the Blue Mountains, and hopes to be able to dry-farm here.

From Focus on Washington: The New Normal (Nov 2018) by Stephen Tanzer

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2015 Parvata Estate Vineyard (Red Mountain)

Release Price: $70

Color: Red

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